![]() ![]() Thanks for this Tom, bought HiFi Tech – Active Sky for Prepar3D v4 the other day, have the FSX version too, was not sure if I was eligible for a discount so bought the full version for P3Dv4, the upgrade details always seem ambiguous but the no return policy is never, if I’d made a mistake it would be no return apparently, it was not a lot more to do so so just went for a new full license for P3Dv4 as I’m starting to commit to that platform more and more now … bought it from FSS. So, no absolute winner here and it all depends on one’s preferences. However, if you are using AS P3Dv4, ASCA does blend perfectly well with it. With the price of ASCA, REX’s Texture Direct is the real contender, which also comes with additional ground enhancements that ASCA doesn’t provide. If one prefers something cheaper and light weight, Soft Clouds is good. Lastly, both products are frame-rate friendly as they claim. Of course, it still depends on one’s own preferences after all. Although it is not fair to compare the two products head-to-head as mentioned in the beginning, the choice is quite clear if one happens to have both products on hand.Īlso note again that there will be no benefit of mixing the two products together. ![]() Under such a set up, cloud details are degraded because the texture files coming with Soft Clouds are in 512 x 512 resolution only, while AS Cloud Art allows users to choose from 512, 1024, 2048 or 4096 files.įrom results shown above, the differences are quite obvious. Contrary to the third image, this one shows the result of adding Soft Clouds to the system already installed with AS Cloud Art. So adding ASCA after Soft Clouds is in fact removing the Soft Clouds texture. It is because in previous set up, the Soft Clouds’ cumulus01.bmp file was actually replaced by ASCA. One can see that it is identical to the previous SC+ASCA setting. ![]() This image (after textures are restored to original P3D default) shows the cloud posture with Active Sky Cloud only. Note that cloud size has changed as well. Cloud structure and layer details are further enhanced. With Soft Cloud in place, Active Sky Cloud Art is further added to the system. Same setting with Soft Clouds inclusion (default cumulus01.bmp replaced). This is the default cloud posture with Coverage Density set to Maximum under Orbx Weather 7 Theme. HiFi Simulation’s Active Sky Cloud Art and REX Game Studios’ Soft Clouds are two popular cloud texture products that are fully compatible with P3Dv4 so far.Īlthough it may not justify to compare the two products head-to-head as AS Cloud Art comes with additional features rather than just pure-enhancement to the cumulus clouds in Soft Clouds, I think it would still be interesting to find out what the two products bring in terms of cumulus clouds improvement only. ![]()
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